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Ogun Job Portal: Students’ Association Applauds Governor Abiodun

15Aug

By Debo OmilaniNo Comments

Employment, News, Nigeria, Youths

Ogun Job Portal: Students’ Association Applauds Governor Abiodun

The National Association of Ogun State Students (NAOSS) on Thursday has applauded the State Governor, Dapo Abiodun, for launching a portal to provide job opportunities for youths. This contained in a statement made made available to newsmen by Oluwagbemileke Ogunrombi, the National President, (NAOSS). Ogunrombi said the development marked the arrival of good tidings that job seekers in the state had long expected. “It is no longer news that the major problem facing the youths and middle aged Nigerians is unemployment. “Unemployment has, obviously opened the minds of youths to various forms of social vices, cumulating into agitations and insecurity in the country. “NAOSS hereby enjoins governors of other states to, as a matter of urgency, emulate this thoughtful approach of t...

Governor Abiodun Charges Religious Bodies, Corporate Institutions To Engage in CSR

8Aug

By Debo OmilaniNo Comments

News, Nigeria

Governor Abiodun Charges Religious Bodies, Corporate Institutions To Engage in CSR

The Governor of Ogun State, Mr. Dapo Abiodun has charged religious bodies and corporate institutions to engage in corporate social responsibility (CSR) programmes. He disclosed this at the official commissioning of the Ultra Mordern Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of the Redeemer's Health Centre, Ogun State which is an initiative of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG). According to him, such CSR initiatives would be helpful not only to members of the religious or corporate body but also to the larger host or neighbouring communities. "As an advantage, our government has its doors open for Public-Private Partnership (PPP) to better the lives and living conditions of the good people of Ogun State, including in the aspects of health, business and agriculture, he said He theref...

Ogun State Govt. Commences Sango/Agbado/Oke Aro-Ojodu Abiodun Road Projects

29Jul

By Debo OmilaniNo Comments

Environment, News, Nigeria, Transportation

Ogun State Govt. Commences Sango/Agbado/Oke Aro-Ojodu Abiodun Road Projects

The Ogun state governnor, Prince Dapo Abiodun has commenced extensive palliative measures on the 32Km Sango ,/Agbado/Oke Aro -Ojodu Abiodun road. The Sango-Ojodu-Abiodun road is one of the roads which was awarded and abandoned by the immediate past administration in Ogun state. According to the governor, the socioeconomic activities along this axis has been greatly affected due to the neglect of the road based on claim of paucity of funds by the previous government. The road which cut across various border communities between Lagos and Ogun State has been in the state of comatose before the emergence of the his administration. Abiodun said he directed immediate work on the road to bring succor to the lives of the people living along that axis as the road remains one of his top pri...

We’re Committed to Making Ogun State Investment Choice Destination – Abiodun

12Jul

By Debo OmilaniNo Comments

Economy, News, Nigeria

We’re Committed to Making Ogun State Investment Choice Destination – Abiodun

The Ogun State governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun, on Thursday said that the state is irrevocably committed to ensuring that it becomes the investment choice of the country and the world. He disclosed the position in Lagos at a programme organized by the London Stock Exchange in conjunction with PwC Nigeria to launch a report " Companies to Inspire Africa 2019". According to the governor, his government believed that no government has the "monopoly of funds" He explained that a consortium of banks and other willing investors had approached the state for a chance to build the largest Creative Arts and Entertainment village in the state and we obliged. "We also appreciate the fact that no government has the monopoly of funds to engender a wholesome and sustainable development; w...